Renault

Renault rookie Heikki Kovalainen is one of several drivers on this year’s grid that may have raced around the Monaco circuit at some stage of their motor racing careers, but this weekend will be the first time in their short Formula One careers that they will get to realize the complete challenge that makes up the race around the tight and twisty streets of Monte Carlo.

However, the daunting layout and the threat of rain has not dampened the young Finn’s excitement about this weekend’s race in any way shape or form and he is looking forward to what he believes will be a fantastic challenge.

Heikki, you raced in Monaco in GP2. Are you looking forward to racing on the streets in an F1 car?
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Enstone, a village in England’s West Oxfordshire, will on Friday be the scene of some forthright soul searching.

It is reported in the German specialist magazine Auto Motor und Sport that a ‘crisis meeting’ will be held at Renault’s UK headquarters after the reigning back-to-back World Champions rose only to a comparatively paltry fourth position in the constructors’ title.
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While one rookie shone in his debut race, finishing on the podium after a superb drive in the 58 lap Australian grand Prix yesterday, another’s was rubbish, and that’s in the words of his own boss!

While Lewis Hamilton raced brilliantly to cross the line right behind his McLaren Mercedes teammate, Fernando Alonso, giving the Woking based squad a two/three finish, the man who replaced Alonso at Renault, rookie racer Heikki Kovalainen had a woeful race, eventually finishing tenth after starting from 13th on the grid.
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